Parents Challenge

Welcome to the world of educational freedom!

Parents Challenge exists to empower low-income parents with educational choice! That’s because we believe every child deserves the opportunity for an excellent education, regardless of its family’s income.

We are dedicated to educating, motivating, supporting and activating parents in order for them to choose what is best for their children’s education. In addition to providing scholarships and grants for children Pre-K through 12th grade, we also provide advocacy and training for parents to assist and encourage their efforts to get the needs of their children met. Our Student Education Plans (SEP) includes scholarships for private school tuition, supplemental services grants for public school and materials for home school.
The right to choose one’s destiny is foundational to American society. When conceived, this radical concept created opportunity and has driven positive change from the day the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were written. Indeed it is, perhaps, our most fundamental freedom.

In the area of education, choice is practiced every day by millions of Americans. It is why the term “good school district” is so highly valued by those purchasing a home. It is why so many private preparatory and religious schools exist. And it is why charter schools and the home school movement are flourishing across the country.

But there are some in our society who are denied this most basic of rights. They are the poor. They have no option but to send their children to the school assigned by the district in which they live. No matter how low the school is rated. No matter how badly the school is educating their children. No matter how dangerous the environment. Unlike most of us, they cannot just move to a better neighborhood and enroll their children in a better school. The costs of private schools are simply out of reach. And for most of these families, home schooling is not a viable option.

So, they send their kids to unsafe, sub-standard institutions where drugs, gangs, violence, and poor educations are the rule, not the exception: Schools where most students perform at grade levels far below the ones they attend. The result is that many do not graduate from high school at all. Those who do graduate, often do so with an education suitable only for low-income, remedial jobs that will accept only basic literacy and few academic skills. This tragedy is even worse for these children from minority families.

Parents Challenge is dedicated to giving these families their right to choose. And in doing so, changing their children’s lives. Since its inception, thousands of scholarships have been given to Colorado children that enable them to choose the education they determine is best. And the results are dramatic. You can help. Support Parents Challenge in this most important work. And give them a chance…by giving them a choice.
Parents Challenge is one of several private scholarship programs across the state and nation that are meeting the educational needs of these low-income children by enabling choice. The impact of choice on these children's lives cannot be underestimated. Whether they are struggling to learn in public school or barely able to keep up with tuition payments at the private school they currently attend, Parents Challenge is providing these students and their families with financial assistance.

We welcome you to review our entire site for program eligibility criteria, statistics on Colorado students, academic achievement and other exciting news about the world of educational freedom! Don’t forget to book mark this page to return in the future
I hope you have fun browsing through the site and the information provided here to be useful. I also encourage you to contact us whenever you have a concern or an interest in participating in our journey of empower low-income parents with educational choice!

If you need help, please feel free to contact us @ 719.473.5430 or to send email just click here. We are always interested in your comments and feedback.

Sincerely,
Evelyn D. Taylor
Executive Director